demetrius lovett

South of the border west of the sun

This book has a beautiful title. Just reading the title reminded me of the song "South of the Border" from Cape No. 7. "If the sea can talk, if the wind falls in love with sand, if some miss, forget in a long vacation. I will listen to the waves, let the wind blow through the hair, any memory of love, in the time of the tide noise. Summer is not near until spring is far away, I finally realize in retrospect. When the sun returns south of the rainy border, I will try to finish the story of that year. When the sun again leaves the too sunny south of the border, will you return all the love you have taken with a smile before you say goodbye?" Of course, the two have nothing to do with each other, because such warm and sentimental sentiment seems to me completely inappropriate for Murakami's books. The book's title comes from a song by NAT Kincole, the jazz singer with the distinctive voice who created a musical world that captivated the world and also appears in Murakami's novels many times.